Chef Boyardee, otherwise known as Hector Boiardi, lived in Cleveland, OH in 1920. His landlord there was Anna Simonetti. Mrs. Simonetti, and her husband, John, came to this county in 1916. He died in Cleveland on 13 Dec. 1917.

There are a few free ways to find Giovanni's first name. The easiest is the Cleveland Necrology File, which has the abstracted obit of Anna, "wife of the late John." Ellis Island records show that Anna and her kids were going to meet her husband, Giovanni, in Cleveland in 1916.

Giovanni "John" Simonetti's death date can be found at Ohio Death Certificate Index, 1913 - 1944. If you have access to Ohio death certificates through the FamilySearch Record Search pilot, you'll find that Giovanni was a "warehouseman" for "The May Co." at the time of his death.

I wonder if Anna's kids remembered growing up in the same house as Chef Boyardee.